Rail-chair.



PATENTED MAY 12, 1908.

W. H. J. CLIFTON.

RAIL CHAIR.

APPLIOATION FILED sums. 1906.

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, Witnuaeo No. 887,736. PATENTED MAY 12, 1908. W. H. J. CLIFTON.

RAIL CHAIR.

APPLICATION FILED SEPTA, 1908.

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liILLIlAIXi H. J. CLIFTON, OF WESTPOINT, TENNESSEE, ASSIGNOR O1 ONE-HALFT0 FRANK HOLLANDER, OF WESTPOINT, TENNESSEE,

RAIL-CHAZR.

Application filed September 6, 1906. Serial No. 333, l94.

and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exactdescri )tion ofthe invention, such as will enable 0t ers skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to chairs for railroad rails, and moreparticularly to chairs including clamping devices which hold the railsecurely upon the chair and without the necessity of the directengagement of spikes with the rails.

The invention to this end resides in the provision of a chair and railclamping 'ates which are slidable into position upon the chair to engagethe rail, and which are held thereon by means oi spikes which driventhrough the plate, the rail engaging plates, and int o the tie.

In the accompanying drawings-Figure 1 is a top plan view of a section oftrack showing my chairs in use. Fig. 2 is a similar view oi one of thechairs. Fig. 3 is a view in side elevation of one of the chairs, therail therefor being shown in section. Fig. 4 is a detail verticallongitudinal sectional view through one of the chairs and a railsupp'ort ed thereby, and Fig. 5 is a detail transverse sectional view onthe line 5--5 of Fig. 4, the rail being omitted.

Referring more specifically to the drawings, the numeral 6 denotes arailway tie, and 7 a rail, which is supported u on the tie by means ofone of my chairs w ich will now be described.

, Each chair comprises a chair plate 8, which is flanged, as at 9, atits middle and along its longitudinaledges and is provided at its saidedges and upon opposite sides of the flanges 9 with upstanding flai'igesit), which are disrec ted inwardly tovmrd each other, as shown in Fig.The rail 7 is disposed upon that portion. of the chair plate which isdeter mined by the flanges 9 and between the flanges 1 'lhe opposing endedges of the 7 Patented May 12, 1908.

said flanges at eachside of the plate are inclined. toward each other,indicated by the numeral 1 and thedistance between the end edges of theflanges at each side of the plate at the point of junction with theplate, is greater than the greatest Width of the base of the rail 7, topermit ready engagement of the'rails with the chairs.

- Rail-clamping plates 12 and 13 have their longitudinal edges beveled,as at 14-, to permit them to he slid into position upon the chair plate8 between the corresponding flanges 10 at each side of the said chairplate and inwardly and outwardly respectively of the rails with whichthey are engaged, and upon each plate 12 and 13 at its inner end isformed an upstanding rail-engaging boss '15, the boss upon the plate 12being of less height than the boss upon the plate 13, to permit passageof the car wheel flanges. 'lhe rail-engaging faces of the bosses 15conform to the contour of 'the rail, as will be readily understood, andregistering apertures 16 are formed in the chair late 8. and therailclampiilg plates 12 and 13 for the passage of spikes 17, which aredriven into the tile 6 and serve to hold the plates 12 and 13 inengagement with the rails and against displacement from the plate 8.

What is claimed, is- A device of the class described comprising a chairplate formed with a broadened railsupporting intermediate portion and atits longitudinal edges and at each side of the said portion withupstanding opposed flanges, railengaging plates seated upon the chairplate and removably received at their edges between the flanges, saidplates being formed each with an upstanding rail-engaging boss Which isengaged at its sides by the opposed edges of the corresponding flangesupon the chair plate, and fastening devices for securing; therail-engaging plate upon the chair plate substantially as described. 4

in testimony whereof, I afl'lx my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

WELL 3M H. J. CLIFTON.

V fitnesses J. G. DAVIS,

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